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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $5 million verdict in E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case
The justices left intact a jury finding that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll, keeping the $5 million civil award in place.
- On Monday, June 29, 2026, the Supreme Court refused to hear President Donald Trump's appeal, upholding a 2023 jury verdict that found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming writer E. Jean Carroll.
- The case stems from Carroll's allegation that Trump assaulted her in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room in 1996, resulting in the $5 million civil judgment the jury awarded in 2023.
- Trump's legal team argued that District Judge Lewis Kaplan improperly allowed "highly inflammatory" evidence, including the "Access Hollywood" tape and testimony from two other women alleging sexual misconduct.
- Separately, Carroll secured a $83.3 million defamation judgment in a second lawsuit, which remains on appeal as Trump's lawyers continue to challenge that ruling.
- Trump has consistently denied the allegations, characterizing the litigation as a distraction from his presidential duties; the Supreme Court's refusal effectively ends his challenge in this specific matter.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s push to toss $8.8m verdict in sexual abuse case
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a push by President Donald Trump to throw out a jury’s $5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her.
·New Zealand
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Trump says he will 'continue the fight' after Supreme Court declines to review Carroll abuse verdict
President Trump reacted on Truth Social after the Supreme Court declined to review the $5 million E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse verdict, vowing to continue fighting.
·New York, United States
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Trump’s big day at the Supreme Court: ‘Historic’ win, ‘tremendous loss’ and more to come
The nation’s high court dramatically expanded the president’s power, but refused to review a verdict that found Trump sexually abused and defamed a writer.
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